The cardinal myzomela (''Myzomela cardinalis'') is a species of
bird in the
honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is named for the scarlet color of the male. It is found in
American Samoa
American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internatio ...
,
New Caledonia,
Samoa,
Solomon Islands, and
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of ...
, as well as some islands in
Micronesia such as
Yap. Its natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical
mangrove forest.
It frequents areas with flowers, such as gardens. This is a small, active bird, measuring about from bill to tail. Males are red and black in coloration, females are grayish-olive, sometimes with a red cap or red head. Its long, curved bill is especially adapted for reaching into flowers for nectar.
[
] Cardinal myzomela populations have vanished from the island of
Guam since the invasion of the
brown tree snake.
References
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Birds of Samoa
Birds of American Samoa
Birds of the Solomon Islands
Birds of Vanuatu
Birds of New Caledonia
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cardinal myzomela
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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